Space for all: Not your father’s astronauts!
So far, only around 600 people have been to space, which is shocking given that there are around 7 or 8 billion of people in existence. Is that about to change? What changes will it bring to humanity? Beltalowda!
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How a StarLink Dish Was Hacked with a $25 Device
Hack5 showcases the latest in cybersecurity news, including a vulnerability on StarLink terminals.
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Is SpaceX REALLY Bringing Down Launch Costs?
In this Lightning Round video, Joe Scott talks about whether SpaceX’s reusability is actually bringing down launch costs, discuss deep ocean research, consider how fecal transplants could reverse aging, and other equally weird things.
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Is the wait almost over for the orbital launch of SpaceX’s Starship?
How long before we can #OccupyMars?
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Transporter-5 Mission Live Stream
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, May 25 for a Falcon 9 launch of Transporter-5 to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 57-minute launch window opens at 2:35 p.m. ET, or 18:35 UTC. Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, one […]
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Will this finally be the date of the Starship orbital launch?
Elon Musk confirmed, Starship launch is likely to happen in May, and yes, using Raptor 2 engines.
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Why don’t rocket engines melt? How engineers keep engines cool
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Frank
- January 28, 2022
- ablative cooling
- Everyday Astronaut
- fuel to oxidizer ratio
- heat from rocket engine
- how rocket engines don't vaporize
- Launcher one
- niobium
- radiative cooling
- radiative nozzle
- regenerative cooling
- rocket engine heat
- Rocket engine melting
- rocket engine regenerative cooling
- rocket engine science
- rocket science
- SpaceX
- sublimate
- Tim Dodd
- Tim Todd
- Todd Dodd
- Tom DOdd
- Transporter
- Transporter 3
- turbo pump
- Virgin orbit
- why do rocket engines melt
Obviously, rocket engines need to produce heat to function, after all, their only real purpose is to convert the chemical energy in the propellant into pressure and heat so they can produce thrust. How do these engines survive this intense heat? Here’s a video that explores just that:
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SpaceX’s Future and Starship Presentation
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Frank
- January 21, 2022
- booster 7
- elon musk spacex
- marcus house
- SpaceX
- spacex boca chica
- spacex launch
- spacex news
- spacex orbital flight
- spacex orbital launch
- spacex orbital launch tower
- spacex stage zero
- spacex starship
- spacex starship landing
- spacex starship launch
- Spacex starship live
- spacex starship orbital test
- spacex starship progress
- spacex starship update
- starbase
- starship 20
- starship 24
- starship presentation 2021
Here’s a condensed version of SpaceX’s plans for the near future. One week down in 2022 and I tell you, this year I think is going to be quite astounding. After the eventful year we’ve just had in 2021, it is easy to forget just how far we’ve come in 12 months. We are exploring […]
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Are Scientists Actually Building an Elevator to Space?
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Frank
- December 8, 2021
- anchor point
- animation
- astronauts
- carbon nanotubes
- centrifugal acceleration
- centrifugal force
- climbers
- Education
- elevator counterweight
- engineering
- fabio pacucci
- falcon 9 rocket
- geostationary orbit
- gravitational pull
- gravity
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
- nanotube chains
- Physics
- Rockets
- space elevator
- space elevator counterweight
- space elevators
- space travel
- SpaceX
- TED
- TED Ed
- Ted Education
- TED-Ed
- TedEd
- Tjoff Koong Studios
Explore the physics behind space elevators, which would theoretically use a cable anchored to Earth and extending into space. Sending rockets into space requires sacrificing expensive equipment, burning massive amounts of fuel, and risking potential catastrophe. So in the space race of the 21st century, some engineers are abandoning rockets for something more exciting: elevators. […]
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Starbase: A Gateway to Mars
Are you ready for Mars? SpaceX is working on getting humans there and it’s getting closer to reality every day.
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